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Top management consultancy: Forbes once again awards Staufen with international seal of approval
For the third time in a row, the renowned business magazine Forbes named the Staufen one of the “World’s Best Management Consulting Firms”. The award confirms the outstanding expertise of the management consultancy, which trims both family-owned mid-sized companies and international corporations for sustainable performance. Especially in times of global crisis and uncertainties, Staufen’s global presence and focus on operational excellence make it a strong partner for quickly solving current problems and preparing companies for the challenges of the future.
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SUCCESS STORY SIDEL
Sidel starts in 2020 a TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) project with the support of STAUFEN.ITALIA to increase competitiveness by aiming for excellence in industrial process performance and to make the improvement path a real process, effective, sustainable, replicable and spread throughout the organization. Sidel‘s path has led to important benefits in terms of safety, rework, service levels, OEE, MTBF, and not least the winning of the prestigious TPM Excellence Award 2023 from the JIPM. FIND…
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The benefits of Lean&Digital at your fingertips
In a volatile and uncertain market environment, staying competitive and ahead of the curve is critical for companies. The combination of Lean Thinking and Digital improves performance through the synergistic application of traditional improvement principles and new technological tools. During the Smart Kart Factory® Experiential Training, you will build a pedal kart with your own…
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SEE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT FIRSTHAND
Today, more than 70 years after the invention of TPS, its principles are still valid and more useful than ever: in a context of instability and uncertainty, in which the market is increasingly demanding and new challenges present themselves to companies every day (digitization, sustainability, supply chain complexity), it is clear how waste reduction and…
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Empowering Operations with Enterprise Architecture
To effectively drive digital transformation, which is vital in today’s competitive environment, it is important to have an accurate understanding of processes, data and technologies and thus be able to make correct and quick decisions. Useful for this purpose is the Enterprise Architecture (EA), a description of an organization’s structure, operational processes, information systems and…
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Modular Product Design
By applying Modularization and Standardization you can! In a so-called customer’s market and an increasingly dynamic one, it is important to be able to respond to the variety of demand in order to meet customers’ needs and win their trust and thus remain competitive. External variety, however, has very high production, logistical, warehousing, technical and…
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“Digitalization 2024” Study: Well over every second company lacks qualified professionals for an in-depth data analysis.
According to the latest study “Digitalization 2024”, six out of ten industrial companies in the German-speaking region of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland lament the lack of professionals capable of fully exploiting the potential lying dormant in their data.
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LEADERSHIP AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT: HOW TO MAINTAIN COMPETITIVE PERFORMANCE
Increasingly complex and unstable supply chains, highly demanding market, energy crises, technological innovations: how to stay competitive? How to be flexible and respond to challenges without getting disrupted? By building a Leadership Process that suits your company! Leaders, by performing specific tasks, enable employees to quickly align with the company’s changing goals and direct them to model behavior, to act proactively and take responsibility and, for example, react promptly…
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“Digitalization 2024” Study: A superficial data analysis causes many companies to fly blind strategically
Six out of ten industrial companies in the German-speaking region admit that the analysis of their data is only scratching the surface at best, according to the alarming results of the latest “Digitalization 2024” study. Yet, as if that were not enough: Because, even they are often unfamiliar with the significance and context of much of the data, many companies do derive parts of their strategies from it.
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